Tawal Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Tawal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91 | 1:89,601 | 11,921 |
| Philippines | 67 | 1:1,511,018 | 105,084 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 1:29,253 | 714 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Tawal (811) may also be a first name.
Tawal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tawal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tawal (Arabic: توال, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻃﻮﻝ, Marathi: टवळ, Oriya: ଟାୱାଲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tawal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 574,640th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Tawal live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 41 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 287,044th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 811 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria Tawal is most frequent in: Plateau, where 62 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tawal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tawal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାୱାଲ | tawala | - |
| Tawal in the Marathi language | ||
| टवळ | tavala | 75 |
| तवल | tavala | 25 |
| Tawal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻃﻮﻝ | atwl | 65.79 |
| ﺇﻃﻮﻝ | atwl | 18.42 |
| ﻃﻮﻝ | twl | 5.26 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻮﺍﻝ | altwal | 5.26 |
| ﺃﻃﻮﻝ | atwl | 2.63 |
| ﺗﻮﺍﻝ | twal | 2.63 |
| Tawal in the Arabic language | ||
| توال | twal | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tawal
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